“It’s clear that viewers are as excited to have Whose Line back on the air as we are,” said CW President Mark Pedowitz said Monday in a statement. “We have wanted to bring comedy back to The CW for a long time, and Aisha [Tyler], Wayne [Brady], Colin [Mochrie] and Ryan [Stiles] have brought funny to the network in a big way. We’re very excited to have them back for another season.”

A premiere date will be announced at a later date.

Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…

• James LeGros (Girls, Ally McBeal) will recur in Revenge‘s third season as a priest sought by Emily, E! Online reports. Not surprisingly, the father has ties to the Graysons. Revenge bows Sept. 29 at 9/8c.

• Oscar nominee Annette Bening is eying a move to TV with The Third Coast, a comedy series from Jay Roach (Game Change). The project, which looks like it will land at HBO, centers on a casting director (Bening) in New Mexico, Deadline reports.

• CBS announced Monday that John Lithgow will reprise his role as Barney’s father in How I Met Your Mother‘s final season. (See, Neil Patrick Harris, dream castings do come true!)

• Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace) has joined the second season of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, Deadline reports, in the heavily recurring role of a woman who once ran her own drug business. Season 1 recurring player Danielle Brooks, meanwhile, has been promoted to regular.

Love Danielle Brooks! She’s one of my favorites in Orange is the New Black. Very happy she has been promoted. I wonder how long we’ll have to wait for the second season…the first season finale was intense…